For George, sports are all about fun

Nov. 29, 2012

Written by

Jenn Kochman
For Pacific Daily News

As a child, 15-year-old high school sophomore Dottie George was just like any other girl. At the age of 8, however, the team captain for George Washington High School's girls' junior varsity basketball team chose to bet against the odds.

"My brother would always tease me that I was so girly because I'd hang out inside," George says. He's four years her senior. "So I proved him wrong and joined basketball, just like him."

George didn't stop there. Three years after playing for Asan Maina Rai's 8-and-under division in the TakeCare Thanksgiving Hoop Fest, she started playing volleyball for ...